Samsung's new Family Hub refrigerator comes with Bixby and SmartThings integration - SamMobile

Concluding updated: January 8th, 2018 at fifteen:46 UTC+01:00

Samsung has unveiled their new Family Hub refrigerator at CES 2018. The new Family Hub refrigerator comes with a long list of features pertaining to food direction, dwelling automation, and entertainment.

The new Family Hub refrigerator offers features similar checking what'due south inside the fridge from anywhere, leaving notes on the 'White Lath', seeing who is at the front door through a connected doorbell, controlling the thermostat, viewing CCTV footage, recipe suggestions, shopping recommendations, etc.

While some of these features are completely new, some are updates to existing features in the current Family Hub refrigerators. Samsung has non announced if some of these new smart features will come to the existing refrigerators via a software update.

Bixby and SmartThings integration

The new smart refrigerators come with deeper Bixby integration and back up for Samsung's SmartThings IoT ecosystem. With the assist of the SmartThings app, users can connect the Family Hub to various SmartThings-supported devices and command them from the Family Hub screen. Samsung says, since the Family Hub comes with Bixby virtual banana built-in, it can recognize individual voices and offering personalized information and answers relevant to the user.

The new Family Hub refrigerator's long list of features doesn't finish there. The new Family Hub sports an AKG Speaker and comes with Television receiver and Music options to take care of the entertainment needs in the kitchen. Users can stream music, mirror Samsung Smart Boob tube on to the Family Hub'south screen, and share content from smartphones.

Samsung's Family Hub refrigerator is a winner of the 2018 CES All-time of Innovation award and will be on display at CES 2018. The new Family Hub will be available for purchase this spring. There is no information on pricing even so.